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TIL The National City Bank Of New York Convinced The US Government to Invade Haiti in 1909

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nWN7G TIL that 97% of the United States is rural.
MeEoA TIL that people who lose the ability to smell become socially insecure, and their overall level of happiness plummets.
ADp1l TIL that in 1887 a group of men added Susanna M. Salter to the mayoral ballot of Argonia, Kansas, as a prank to discourage women from running for office. She then won by a 2/3 majority and became America's first female mayor.
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